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Whats your fuel log telling you?
sorry for the long post but i think its a cool thing
in a recent thead i read about a fellow ecomodder that took a different approach to ecomodding...considering how much fuel he was consuming in addition to what his mpg was...rationing his total miles per month in the car. its simple but brillant and got me thinking about how much i consume as well.
ive been on ecomodder for almost 4 months exactly and with my limited math skills it seemed like the perfect time to multply my ecomodder log times 3 to figure out my estimated total yearly consumption.
my total miles driven since june is 4284 miles. ive consumed 191 gallons of gas at the cost of $707.
when seeing these numbers i thought it would be great to have this info included in all fuel logs...maybe as a header comparing actual total fuel used vs what you would have consumed with your epa number. a digital readout of "free miles driven" would be cool! my total free miles since june is 1435 taking into account my 33 percent over epa times miles ive driven so far on ecomodder. check out your own free miles...it will make you happy!
its great to have the ecomodder community to promote efficient driving and after doing this math rather than telling someone im 33 percent over epa (a different language to lay people) im going to tell them ive driven 1400 miles for free since june thanks to ecomodder! id love to see a digit counter on the front page of the site that says "free miles driven" as it takes into account all members total miles driven times percent over epa. i think that makes lay people interested to change their driving habits to get their own free miles.
nike.com does this on the front page of their nike plus running shoes to track total miles run by people that own the nike plus gear. its over 100 million miles run...an impressive figure that makes me want to run more and gives me a cool community feel. just a random thought that probably makes more work for the moderators of the site...sorry!
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